I dialed Carter's number for the second time, hoping he would pick up but again there was no answer.

Sighing I placed my phone on the side table. Carter wasn't in school today and we haven't talked since last night, when I went paranoid. I was a little worried that he might be angry at me, that he might not talk to me again.

I shouldn't have gone all crazy on him, I mean he just came to eat ice-cream with me.

"I was wondering we haven't gone shopping in a long time" said Ally loudly as she entered my room.

"How many more clothes do you need?" I asked as she sprawled on my bed.

"Eva you don't go shopping for just clothes"

"Right I forgot"

She closed her eyes, her hair spread in all directions on the bed.

"Mason called" said Ally suddenly and I felt myself sit straight.

"And?"

"He said that its been long since the three of us hung out together, so he was wondering if we could spend some time together"

"Oh! Yea he's right, its been long" I said and then peeped at her. "Do you want to go?"

She was quite for a moment.

"I don't mind, he's being civil and I can do that too but Eva its not what friends do, I can't believe I went and destroyed a perfect friendship" she said lightly.

"Hey, its not your fault we all have feelings which we can't control or choose"

She sat up and looked at me.

"Eva I still don't feel happy for him, I still don't like seeing him with Nina"

"Just give it some more time" I replied softly, trying to make her understand.

"Do you think Drake would be fine?" She said after awhile.

"I hope so, maybe you should go see him again, he was happy to see you last time" I stated.

"No. I am not going to see him"

I rolled my eyes at her stubborness. I have never noticed before but I can see it now that maybe Drake likes Ally. He was worried about her when he saw her cry and Drake Richards is not the one who cares about anyone.

"We really need to go shopping" said Ally lying back down again.

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I rang the bell and stepped back, Carter's house was the same, his car standing in the driveway, the same car me and Ally drove back, leaving Drake and Carter behind. The scraches on the car were gone, Carter must have repaired it. It was hiding its scars like they never existed.

I have no idea what I am doing here.

I waited for a few more seconds and then turned around to leave, maybe he's not home but then I heard the click of the door. I can't leave now.

Taking a deep breath I turned back. In front of me stood a tall, beautiful lady. She was wearing a black dress matching her black hair that were loosely tied, a beautiful pearl necklace hanging from her neck. Her eyes same as Carter but her's were soft unlike Carter's intense ones.

"Hi" I said lightly.

"Hello" she replied with a small smile.

"Um...I'm here to see Carter"

"Are you a friend?" She asked looking at me carefully. I felt concious under her scrutinizing gaze.

"No....yes....I mean we're doing a project together" I replied unsure.

Are me and Carter friends?

"Oh, come on in, he's in his room" she said stepping aside to give me way.

I stepped inside, the curtains were pulled apart letting the sunlight in. There was a delicious smell coming from the kitchen.

"What's your name?"

"Eva Evans" I replied looking back at her.

"I'm Carter's mom" she replied.

I nodded looking at her. She was beautiful, her face glowing.

"It's nice to meet you Mrs William"

"Nice to meet you too, I don't really get to meet Carter's friend alot except Drake so I'm glad we met and you can call me Veronica" She said with a full smile now.

I smiled back at her. She was so professional, just like I imagined her to be. She must be a great business women, infact she already is. Her brand is one of the biggest brands in the world, people like me can't even afford a sock from her store.

"I'll go see Carter" I said gesturing towards the stairs, not wanting to make it more awkward then it already was.

She nodded and I walked up the stairs. Carter's parents were back, he must be happy to see them. Maybe that's why he didn't come to school.

As I reached his room I saw the door was already open. Carter was laying on the bed, headphones on his ears. His eyes were closed and I was sure he was sleeping. I was about to turn back around and leave when his eyes flew open and locked into mine.

He looked at me for a second more and then sat up, taking the headphones of from his ears.

"Hi" I said walking in.

"Hey, I didn't expect to see you here" He said placing the headphones on the side table.

He rubbed his eyes to get rid of his sleepiness, his hair ruffled like usual.

"I...came...to see you" I stuttered. His head shoot up and he looked at me as if surprised to hear that I wanted to see him.

"You haven't been in school for few days and I called you but you didn't pick up, so I thought you were angry at me, about what happened that night" I said trying to avoid his gaze.

"No Eva I'm not angry at you. You're reaction was right, anybody would react that way and I don't even know where my phone is. About school, my parents came back so I didn't want to go" He replied, slowly. Answering every one of my questions.

I have never seen Carter talk this long. This is a first. Its like he wanted me to know the truth, he wanted me to know that he wasn't angry at me. That everything is fine. He also seemed happier today, it certainly has to do with the fact that his parents were back.

"So your parents are back" I stated climbing up the bed.

"Yeah, my mom is making dinner today, did you meet her?"

"Yes I did, she seemed nice"

"Did she interogate you? She's very good at that"

"No she didn't" I replied sitting next to him.

We leaned against the headboard of the bed, relaxed.

"I stopped talking to them, so they had no other choice than to come back and make sure I was alive"

"That's a really good way to bring them back" I replied with a laugh.

"Do your parents know you have a gun with you?" I asked.

"Hey keep your voice down, my mom is already asking me why Drake hasn't visited yet" He replied a little fear in his eyes.

Is it just the gun? Or more things that he's hiding from his parents.

"Your crazy do you know that? Carrying a gun with you. What if someone sees it?" I questioned.

"No one has yet and I need it for my protection"

"Protection from what?"

He looked at me and then turned away.

"Speaking of Drake I think Ally should visit him, he'll be really glad to see her" said Carter changing the topic.

"I never would have thought Drake liked Ally"

"It was actually quite obvious if you payed a little attention to him but nobody pay's attention to Drake"

I looked at him a little surprised by his reaction.

"You feel sorry for him?"

"No I feel angry, nobody takes Drake seriously, he's actually really smart and loyal. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him" he replied seriously, emotions running in his eyes.

"What do you mean?" I asked trying to understand this Carter world.

But before he could answer there was a knock on the door. We looked towards the door and saw Carter's mom standing.

"Am I disturbing?" She asked.

"No, not at all" I said quickly, sitting up straight.

"I just came to tell that dinner's ready, Eva I would really like it if you join us" she said with a smile and then turned around to leave.

"Come on lets go" said Carter sitting up and reaching for his shoes.

"I don't think its a good idea, you finally have your parents back you should spend time with them alone" I protested.

"I don't mind if its you, now come on"

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We were all seated on the dinning table and to say it was awkward would be an understatement. I met Carter dad on the table. George William was a tall, slim man just like my dad but unlike my dad he radiated power, you can tell he is an important man when he walks in the room, just by looking at him.

Carter's mom had made chinese. It was good.

"So how is the project going" said Veronica, breaking the silence.

Carter looked at me, I didn't tell him that's what I told his mother.

"Its going good mom, we're actually getting somewhere now" he replied looking at me.

"Are you two dating?" Asked dad bluntly.

"Dad!"

"George, Carter already told us he's dating Caroline" said Veronica, her eyes shifting from her husband to me. I looked down at my food.

"Carter, son have you thought about what your going to do ahead" said his dad as he took a bite of his food.

"No dad" replied Carter, a little irritated by the question.

"I think you should study business, I mean your going to take over our companies one day" said his mom.

"But I don't want to become like you" replied Carter looking at her sternly.

Suddenly the atmosphere changed from awkward to uncomfortable. It could be seen from Veronica's face that she didn't like Carter's answer at all and George had stopped eating as if ready to burst on Carter.

"The chinese is great" I said quickly trying to lighten the mood.

"Are you telling the truth? Your David Even's daughter, you must have tasted better chinese" replied Veronica with a smile.

"No really its great"

After the main coarse, Veronica went back to the kitchen to get the sweet dish, it was like a proper three coarse meal. In my house everything is on the table at the same time. Twins usually start their dinner with the sweet dish first.

I got up and went after her to help. She smiled looking at me as I entered the kitchen.

"You don't have to help"

"No its fine, I'd like to"

She nodded and went towards the fridge to get out the dish. It was chocolate brownies and they looked delicious.

"You know Carter's really happy to have you back, you should visit him more" I said.

She stopped what she was doing and looked at me. For a moment I thought she was offended by what I said. But then she sighed and went back to her work.

"I know" she replied.

"If you don't mind me asking how are your parents doing? I mean after the divorse" she asked after a few seconds.

I guess this is the difference between Veronica Carter and other mom's. If it was anyone else she would have asked me this question at the dinning table in front of everyone else like Ally's mom did. But Veronica knew the ethics.

"They're....they're doing good"

"I heard your mom is getting married again, which is good. But I'm worried about your father more, it must be hard taking care of four kids"

"Yea it is but he's good, better than before"

"Well that's good, listen Eva if you need anything you can come to me, we've spend an amazing time with your family, their very dear to us" she said.

I nodded looking at her, she smiled and picked up the dish.

"Now lets go eat these brownies" she said happily.

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I was in my room packing my bag, stuff I have to take with me to mom's. My mom was the happiest human alive after hearing we were going to stay with her for a week. She had already made a whole list of what where going to do together.

I was folding my clothes when I heard a knock at the door and dad stepped in.

"Hey" I said with a smile.

"What are you doing?" He asked sitting on the bed.

"I was just packing, its almost done"

I completed my packing. My father didn't say a wordn just watched me.

"You know it seems like yesterday when you were born"

I smiled and walked over to him.

"It seems yesterday when I was helping you with packing your school bag"

I sat down next to him resting my head on his shoulder.

"Dad I don't have to over work yourself" I said.

"Eva you need to stop worrying about me"

"I just want you to be happy" I said looking up at him.

"I just want you and mom to be happy"

He smiled looking at me and then stood up to leave.

"I'll get the dinner ready" he said and walked over to the door.

"Dad, how did you know you were in love with mom" I asked him suddenly.

Dad stopped in his tracks and turnes back towards me. He looked at me as if searching for something.

"My stomach started to hurt whenever she was next to me"

"What?" I said with a laugh.

"There was a pain right here" he said placing his hand on his stomach.

He then moved towards me and stood infront of me.

"Does your stomach hurt Eva? Cause that's how you know your in love"

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